No fewer than 78,378 pupils are participating in the ongoing 2017 National Common Entrance Examination across the country, according to the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu. The minister disclosed this on Saturday in Abuja during a visit to some centres in the Federal Capital Territory.
EDUCATION
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, will on Saturday receive a honourary doctorate degree of the Achievers University, Owo, Ondo State. According to a statement by the University, the honour is in recognition of the Minister’s outstanding contributions to scholarship and to the socio-economic development of the country. The event would […]
Dr David Oyedepo, Chancellor, Covenant University (CU), Ota in Ogun, has appealed to intellectuals to ensure they communicate to their listeners in the language they will understand. Oyedepo stated this on Thursday in Ota at the university’s inaugural lecture series. A professor of Stylistics, Christopher Awonuga, delivered the lecture tagged: “What does this text mean:
Senator Solomon Adeola (APC, Lagos West) has commenced move for the establishment of federal universities at Yaba, Lagos State and Ilaro in Ogun State as part of his legislative agenda for educational development of Nigeria. In a statement issued by his Media Adviser, Chief Kayode Odunaro, the Senator presented two bills in the Senate […]
Thirteen students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), who were detained in Kirikiri Prison on the order of a court for protesting against the school’s management, have regained their freedom. The students, who have been in prison custody since Saturday were brought to a mobile court sitting in Oshodi on Thursday morning. The counsel to the […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has set up a committee to investigate the use of funds disbursed by Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to universities. The Commission’s Chairman , Mr Ekpo Nta, made this known in Kaduna, on the sideline of a five-day strategic action plan implementation retreat organised for […]










